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Wed, 29 Jul 2015 01:45:00 CDThttp://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/steven-deknight-on-paramount-transformers-universe-writers-room/33597/
aeb7859e48e86496571c252cb4e21bd0Media, Movie News, People NewsFellow Seibertron.com user SlyTF1 has alerted us to a new article discussing the goings-on at Paramount, and specifically in the writers room for the extended Transformers universe, as IGN caught up with Daredevil's Steven DeKnight on the current situation with Akiva Goldsman's project, and the surprise visit from Steven Spielberg! Read more below, and head here for the full piece.
Taking a page from how a TV show is run, Paramount assembled a big group of experienced writers to help chart ... View the full news story on Seibertron.com by clicking here.
]]>Tue, 28 Jul 2015 15:30:00 CDThttp://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/auto-assembly-2015-guest-update-peter-spellos/33595/
318bbe978f8afc72a6a181c4bceecbffEvent News, People NewsAuto Assembly
Announces returning guest:
It's Peter Spellos!
It’s not very often that voice actors make a return appearance at Auto Assembly. Not because we don’t want to see many of our guests come back but with a limited budget for voice actors for the convention we tend to focus on bringing actors to Auto Assembly who haven’t visited the event before so it’s rare that actors make return appearances and if they do it’s not usually for a few years. However, something rather ... View the full news story on Seibertron.com by clicking here.
]]>Mon, 27 Jul 2015 13:55:00 CDThttp://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/floro-dery-concept-art-quintesson-castle-and-ariel/33586/
de72bc6ffaa5d9d1815b01572d547136Media, People NewsFellow Seibertronian Cyberpath has spotted a couple more pieces of unused concepts by Transformers artist Floro Dery via the usual Etsy store, this time featuring the Quintesson castle and Ariel, an early version of what then became Elita - check them both out mirrored below!
The Transformers Quintesson castle and Ariel (later redesigned and renamed as Elita)
Signed prints are available at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/FDartstudio
... View the full news story on Seibertron.com by clicking here.
]]>Mon, 27 Jul 2015 13:42:00 CDThttp://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/auto-assembly-2015-guest-update-kei-zama/33585/
e4ffd4b003d19cf55db0cc3606ebfd78Comic Book News, Event News, People NewsAnother update from Auto Assembly HQ as we inch ever closer to the event! Announced today was their latest guest for August 2015, a fan artist from Japan known in the online fandom as Golby II - Kei Zama! You can find a selection of her work in the links below, as well as some more info on this very talented artist.
While Auto Assembly is taking it’s final bow, we realise the Transformers brand moves ever onward, with new stories, characters and creative artists. It’s fitting ... View the full news story on Seibertron.com by clicking here.
]]>Fri, 24 Jul 2015 06:02:00 CDThttp://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/wonder-festival-oculus-rift-devatastor-experience-behind-the-scenes/33559/
399e4fa87b8b8382916afb11cf7665a8Event News, Media, People News, Toy NewsAlso thanks to fellow Seibertron.com user Cyberpath, we have a cross-update from Takara Tomy designer Shogo Hasui - the man behind Unite Warriors UW-04 Devastator - and his Twitter account, showing the computer generated image of the Titan class combiner used for the Oculus Rift experience at Wonder Festival this coming weekend! Take a look at the intricacies below.
Constructicons that appeared in 7 / 26 wonder-TT booth oculus is based 3D data of the toy and, enables exact deformation ... View the full news story on Seibertron.com by clicking here.
]]>Wed, 22 Jul 2015 19:19:00 CDThttp://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/tfcon-charlotte-2015-transformers-voice-actor-garry-chalk-to-attend/33546/
fbb751fc9eb36f0a4b8f36d1bbe83003Cartoon News, Event News, People NewsThe lovely folks over at TFcon USA - taking place in Charlotte in 2015 - have updated their site with the first official guest for the event: voice of Optimus Primal from Transformers Beast Wars, Garry Chalk! Find out more from their official announcement page here, and scroll down below for a snippet.
We are very happy to welcome Transformers voice actor Garry Chalk to TFcon Charlotte 2015. The voice of Optimus Primal in Beast Wars and Beast Machines and Optimus Prime in the Armada, ... View the full news story on Seibertron.com by clicking here.
]]>Tue, 21 Jul 2015 03:50:00 CDThttp://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/james-raiz-transformers-gi-joe-tfcon-villains-print-wip-video/33530/
ede971c38f51299ec63e951cf8647a8fMedia, People NewsWith artist James Raiz back from Toronto's TFcon, we have a better chance to look at the process leading up to the creation of the Villains piece of his Transformers/G.I. Joe combo prints (first one, Heroes, can be found here), with colours by Kieran Oats. Make sure to drop by Raiz's channel and page under Box Office Artist for more, ... View the full news story on Seibertron.com by clicking here.
]]>Tue, 21 Jul 2015 03:06:00 CDThttp://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/actor-george-coe-voice-of-dark-of-the-moon-que-passes-at-86/33528/
ce7b270270ef75c56cc3ff74a33a543eMovie News, People NewsComing from Variety magazine, we report the news of another acting professional with ties to the Transformers franchise to pass away this year. Actor George Coe, a man whose credits list is truly impressive, from Star Trek to Bones to Gilmore Girls to The West Wing, via Archer and the voice of Que/Wheeljack in Transformers: Dark of the Moon, was 86 and struggling with health.
The staff of Seibertron.com offer their most sincere condolences to his family and loved ones.
He voiced the ... View the full news story on Seibertron.com by clicking here.
]]>Fri, 17 Jul 2015 15:50:00 CDThttp://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/james-raiz-and-kieran-oats-decepticon-cobra-tfcon-print-revealed/33519/
7ec99edc90e16cfb46090cfb39579647Comic Book News, Event News, People NewsThe latest update from our friend James Raiz, artist for the Transformers comics at multiple points in their publication history, includes the full reveal of the second TFcon piece featuring G.I. Joe and Transformers comics from the live-action movies! You'll remember the Autobot and Joes piece (but check it out here if you don't) - now we have the Decepticon and Cobra counterpart print as selected by Seibertron.com users, also coloured by Kieran Oats, and both of which will be available this ... View the full news story on Seibertron.com by clicking here.
]]>Fri, 17 Jul 2015 04:28:00 CDThttp://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/idw-publishing-pan-cybertronian-spaceways-ri-covers-by-james-biggie/33510/
7c10eda2383348e51bb5881113bfd5d9Comic Book News, People NewsOur first piece of news from IDW Publishing, via their Facebook page, today comes in the shape of the Retailer Incentive covers for all three major ongoings: Windblade #5, The Transformers #43 and More Than Meets the Eye #43. Artist James Biggie, who will also be working on Transformers: Redemption, has prepared three travel ads for locations in the Transformers Universe, for the 'Pan Cybertronian Spaceways', referencing Caminus, Unicron's Head and Nebulos - check them out below!
... View the full news story on Seibertron.com by clicking here.
]]>Thu, 16 Jul 2015 12:11:00 CDThttp://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/tfcon-toronto-2015-guest-update-josh-perez/33506/
1ebf7ab396e90a5a688311d622eb2e83Comic Book News, Event News, People NewsAnother quick update from TFcon Toronto, taking place this weekend, featuring another IDW talent, and partner in crime with many of the lineartists on fan-favourite series, including covers: Josh Perez! Check out more info below and here.
We are happy to welcome back IDW Publishing colorist Josh Perez to TFcon Toronto 2015. Transformers fans will recognize his work from the pages of IDW’s, Transformers: Robots in Disguise and More Than Meets The Eye books. He will be in attendance all ... View the full news story on Seibertron.com by clicking here.
]]>Wed, 15 Jul 2015 15:31:00 CDThttp://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/activision-transformers-devastation-sdcc-2015-guido-guidi-poster/33501/
e27f3ea9267ff912ed35f70263c04216Game News, Media, People NewsWe have seen multiple trailers, and a glimpse of the Activision poster for Transformers: Devastation - now, thanks to the artist behind the piece, Guido Guidi, we get a look at a digital version of the artwork accompanying the game in promotional material, featuring the G1esque full cast! Check it out mirrored below.
Courtesy of Hasbro and Activision - for those who missed it, here's a clear view of the SDCC 2015 Transformers Devastation ... View the full news story on Seibertron.com by clicking here.
]]>Wed, 15 Jul 2015 12:17:00 CDThttp://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/auto-assembly-2015-update-simon-furman-panel-on-dreamwave-and-idw/33500/
329fc37641ccd4d9b40011aaae4fbccaComic Book News, Event News, People NewsThe Auto Assembly HQ have updated their site with another announcement, bringing Simon Furman to chair a panel on the more recent history of the Transformers comics incarnations! Yes indeed, one of the original Marvel writers takes a look at the decline of Dreamwave and rise of IDW, including plenty of unseen artwork from various creators - read on below and here to find out more.
Legendary Transformers comic writer, Simon Furman, has something rather special in store for fans attending ... View the full news story on Seibertron.com by clicking here.
]]>Wed, 15 Jul 2015 00:42:00 CDThttp://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/idw-the-transformers-43-casey-coller-joana-lafuente-variant-cover/33496/
c2217c4adacc940b722d52d08d928876Comic Book News, People NewsWhile the releases from IDW Publishing are still suffering from the aftermath of SDCC 15, cover artist for the most recent Transformers series Casey Coller has shared his and Joana Lafuente's variant cover for the upcoming The Transformers #43 issue! You can check out the Soundwave and Cosmos-centric piece mirrored below for your ... View the full news story on Seibertron.com by clicking here.
]]>Tue, 14 Jul 2015 04:02:00 CDThttp://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/tfcon-toronto-2015-update-submit-your-questions-for-peter-cullen-qa/33489/
adde9c1be55cebdb858822aa7c407060Event News, People NewsOur latest update from TFcon Toronto comes in the shape of a call for questions for the Peter Cullen Q&A panel taking place at the event this weekend of July 17th-18th. If you have something you wanted to ask the voice of Optimus Prime (and just a generally good human), read on below to find out how!
While we know almost everyone would like a chance to ask Mr. Cullen a question during his panel, we have a limited time frame to deal with. As such TFcon will be taking question submissions ... View the full news story on Seibertron.com by clicking here.
]]>Tue, 14 Jul 2015 03:56:00 CDThttp://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/tcc-fiction-names-last-two-rainmakers-nova-and-ion-storm/33488/
74f2037d432e36490c1f33eebb34df4aCollector's Club News, Media, People NewsThe Ask Vector Prime Facebook page, set up for the fictional paratext to BotCon 2015 is still running popular and fairly strong, and the Transformers Collectors' Club has just used it to 'reveal' - as it were - the names of the remaining two Rainmakers in the fiction.
The blue and yellow Seeker-bodied characters will now be known, to those of you following this exciting development, as Nova Storm and Ion Storm, and join their sibling Acid Storm. Read more below, and here, and check out the ... View the full news story on Seibertron.com by clicking here.
]]>Sun, 12 Jul 2015 06:15:00 CDThttp://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/idw-transformers-more-than-meets-the-eye-46-alex-milne-josh-perez-clean-cover/33479/
5d285acfe375cdbeaaba1cca007a434dComic Book News, People NewsAfter the reveals from San Diego Comic Con 2015, in which the panel confirmed the return of the Scavengers and Grimlock in MTMTE - though we already knew - artist Alex Milne has shared the clean cover art for issue #46, in which the return takes place! Check out the dinotastic piece featuring colours by Josh Perez ... View the full news story on Seibertron.com by clicking here.
]]>Sat, 11 Jul 2015 08:13:00 CDThttp://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/sdcc-2015-idw-windblade-volume-2-ends-with-7-new-series-in-march-2016/33471/
ba5158924174744eb4a58b70822d4ff5Comic Book News, Event News, People NewsYou may have seen some of this news around the internet, but IDW Publishing editor John Barber did some quick live coverage of Friday's Women in Transformers panel at San Diego Comic Con 2015 - bringing us news of the end of the second Windblade volume, and its continuation in the new ongoing Till All Are One as of March 2016! Read on below for more details, and a shot of the panelists.
Women of Transformers panel at 1:30 in room 8--first TF comics announcement of #SDCC
— John Barber ... View the full news story on Seibertron.com by clicking here.
]]>Thu, 9 Jul 2015 05:23:00 CDThttp://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/interview-with-transformers-robots-in-disguise-producer-and-writer-adam-beechen/33435/
3f13d8b2ec657d3998bd218a8defb9d2Cartoon News, Interviews, Media, People NewsAfter the text-based interview with Transformers: Robots in Disguise producer and writer Adam Beechen from a while back, the crew of The Pow Wow Show got in touch with us and shared an on air interview with the man behind the (animated) robots! Check out here the full show, in which the show crew discuss a number of bits and bots with SDCC-based Beechen as of the 13 minute mark up to 58 minutes ... View the full news story on Seibertron.com by clicking here.
]]>Wed, 8 Jul 2015 00:16:17 CDThttp://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/richard-newman-to-attend-tfcon-toronto-2015/33418/
bc95846ed239cb942adf0e78e2593016Event News, People NewsTFcon just announced that Richard Newman will be a guest at this years convention in Toronto. Transformer fans might recognize him as the voice of Rhinox in Beast Wars, Tankor in Beast Machines and Vector Prime in Transformers Cybertron. Mr. Newman will be appearing all weekend meeting with attendees!
TFcon Toronto will be held from July 17th to 19th, 2015 at the Hilton Mississauga/Meadowvale on 6750 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, Ontario.
Keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for ... View the full news story on Seibertron.com by clicking here.
]]>Fri, 3 Jul 2015 16:55:00 CDThttp://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/san-diego-comic-con-2015-transformers-designer-shogo-hasui-attending-with-hasbro-booth/33390/
c7cfd1a98d7cf67f4affea82b5f473beCompany News, Event News, People News, Toy NewsFellow Seibertronian Sabrblade notified us of a surprising announcement concerning the Hasbro presence at San Diego Comic Con 2015 - which will also feature superstar Transformers designer Shogo Hasui! Hasui reported the news himself via Twitter, as you can see embedded below, and is responsible for some of the most successful Transformers figures, from Animated to Masterpiece, and, the reason behind his presence now, Titan class Devastator.
I'll attend San Diego Comic-con as designer of ... View the full news story on Seibertron.com by clicking here.
]]>Thu, 2 Jul 2015 13:11:00 CDThttp://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-armada-director-hidehito-ueda-passes-away-at-61/33380/
f3c09e6f3296748e9c36d968226fb4e1Cartoon News, Media, People NewsIt is with sadness that we bring reports of the passing of anime director and storyboarder Hidehito Ueda, who worked on Transformers: Armada (among many other well-received anime series and movies, such as A.D. Police, Cybuster, Gantz to name a few) - the first part of what has come to be known as the Unicron Trilogy. The news comes from fellow Seibertron.com member Emerje, and the site animenewsnetwork, who state that Ueda, aged 61, had been battling with cancer for over a year.
Armada ... View the full news story on Seibertron.com by clicking here.
]]>Thu, 2 Jul 2015 05:52:00 CDThttp://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/james-raiz-and-kieran-oats-transformers-gi-joe-heroes-tfcon-print-revealed/33372/
6a1123fe5636bd043fa36e2b0ffbe6e2Comic Book News, Event News, People NewsWhen we first joined forces with artist James Raiz to help him produce a print (nay, two) for TFCon, we did not know what was in store for fans of both Transformers and G.I. Joe! We voted on the characters, started seeing what was to come... and now, finally, we get a proper look at the final result for the Autobots/Joes print, coloured by Kieran Oats!
If you took part in the voting process, look out for your screen name to feature in the video below, too, and feast your optics on this great ... View the full news story on Seibertron.com by clicking here.
]]>Wed, 1 Jul 2015 15:25:13 CDThttp://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/new-japanese-language-commercial-for-tav-optimus-plus-a-new-tweet-from-tfyuki/33364/
3bf2f218e139548e9cc08108403a7528Cartoon News, People News, Toy NewsEarlier today, thanks to fellow Seibertron staffer xRotorstormx, we were told of a Tweet about Takara Tomy's YouTube channel, where they posted a new commercial for their upcoming TAV-21 Optimus Prime, but it wasn't available in our country sadly. ... View the full news story on Seibertron.com by clicking here.
]]>Sat, 27 Jun 2015 03:42:00 CDThttp://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/san-diego-comic-con-and-transformers-artist-updates-marcelo-matere/33331/
f8eab519a95c9718756309b9063f9c38Comic Book News, Event News, Media, People NewsAnother multifaceted Transformers artist present at SDCC 2015 this year is Marcelo Matere, the hands behind several recent box art pieces such as Titan class Devastator - and he also has a pre-con commission list opening via his Facebook page! Find out more below and head over to the page to book your original art now.
I’ll be at Comic Con International, San Diego, CA. July 8-12.
Come to see me at Artist Alley Table EE-03.
I will have new prints, a new Sketchbook, original artwork ... View the full news story on Seibertron.com by clicking here.
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